Readings for May 15:

As we talked about the Rebound effect in the last session, we thought it would be a good idea to read a recent paper on it.
The Gillingham et al paper is *very* short, so if you'd like more detail, there's a slightly longer discussion paper from the same authors:

Other ideas for future readings:

An estimate of the rebound effect controlling for fuel prices and income, long term and short term
  • Small, K. A., & Dender, K. Van. (2007). Fuel Efficiency and Motor Vehicle Travel : The Declining Rebound Effect. International Association for Energy Economics, 28(1), 25–51. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41323081

More scientific literacy leads to polarized view on climate
  • Kahan, D. M., Peters, E., Wittlin, M., Slovic, P., Ouellette, L. L., Braman, D., & Mandel, G. (2012). The polarizing impact of science literacy and numeracy on perceived climate change risks. Nature Clim. Change, 2(10), 732–735. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1547

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